Patterson, George

April 21, 2006

George Carr Patterson, 79, of Clovis, died Monday, April 17, 2006, at Plains Regional Medical Center.

He was born Oct. 14, 1926, in Electra, Texas, to Joe W. and Nelle Morris Patterson. He married Norma Ealy on June 22, 1996, in Clovis. He attended the University of Arkansas and the University of New Mexico, and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and U. S. Air Force during the Korean conflict. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 42 years. He was a past master of Clovis Masonic Lodge No. 40 and member of the Elks Lodge, First United Methodist Church men’s Bible class, Scottish Rite and Ballut Abyad Shrine, and a charter member of Kingswood United Methodist Church.

He enjoyed golfing, reading, painting and traveling, family members said.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Evelyn Patterson; and one brother, Joe W. Patterson Jr.

He is survived by his wife, of Clovis; two daughters, Jackie Colleen Duffey (and husband, Mark) of Albuquerque, and Dawn D’Ann Hartfiel (Jacque) of Maple Valley, Wash.; two granddaughters, Julie Murray (Benjamin) of Rio Rancho, and Wendy Duffey of Albuquerque; two great-grandchildren, Justyn Carr and Hunter Jeffrey Murray; a sister, Dorothy Nelle Williams of Kerrville, Texas; and one brother, Kenneth M. Patterson (Linda) of Polson, Mont.